ad the right to reject the ballot of a citizen
who offered to vote, and who took the preliminary and general
oaths; and answered all questions prescribed by law. The
instructions furnished me by the State authorities declared that
I had no such right. As far as the registry of the names is
concerned, they would never have been placed upon the registry if
it had not been for Daniel Warner, the Democratic federal
supervisor of elections, appointed by this court, who not only
advised the registry, but addressed us, saying, "Young men, do
you know the penalty of the law if you refuse to register these
names?" And after discharging my duties faithfully and honestly
and to the best of my ability, if it is to vindicate the law that
I am to be imprisoned, I willingly submit to the penalty.

EDWIN T. MARSH said: In October last, just previous to the time
fixed for the sitting of the Board of Registrars in the first
district of the eighth ward of Rochester, a vacancy occurred. I
was solicited to act, and consenting, I was duly appointed by the
common council. I had never given the matter a thought until
called to the position, and as a consequence knew nothing of the
law. On the morning of the first day of the last session of the
board, Miss Anthony and other women presented themselves and
claimed the right to be registered. So far as I knew, the
question of woman suffrage had never come up in that shape
before. We were in a position where we could take no middle
course. Decide which way me might, we were liable to prosecution.
We devoted all the time to acquiring information on the subject
that our duties as Registrars would allow. We were expected, it
seems, to make an infallible decision, inside of two days, of a
question in regard to which some of the best minds of the country
are divided. The influences by which we were surrounded, were
nearly all in unison with the course we took. I believed then,
and believe now, that we acted lawfully.

I faithfully discharged the duties of my office according to the
best of my ability, in strict compliance with the oath
administered to me. I consider the argument of our counsel
unanswered and unanswerable. The verdict is not the verdict of
the jury. I am not guilty of the charge.

The Court then sentenced th